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“The Finest Weave: Dhakai Jamdani Textile from Bangladesh,” which
features world-renowned traditional Bangladeshi textile weaving
techniques that were suppressed by British Colonial rule, will be
on exhibition at the UC Davis Design Museum Oct. 3 through Dec.
11.
Associate Professor Jiayi Young and graduate students from the UC
Davis Department of Design are presenting their research at
“Possibles,” the 2022 ISEA International (formerly Inter-Society
for the Electronic Arts) conference, in Barcelona on June 15.
Their abstract is an institutional presentation titled
“What is Research-based Design Practice? A Collective Inquiry
through a Graduate Seminar.”
Graduate student Edward Whelan and students from his first-year
seminar Make an Exhibition: First-Generation College Students
have created a colorful installation in the UC Davis Arboretum.
The exhibition titled “Reflections & Connections” is on display
through June 20.
Professors Glenda Drew, design, and Jesse Drew, cinema and
digital media, and lecturers Alexa Bonomo and William Mead,
design, have created work that is featured in the installation
“memory.unshift( )” now at the Axis Gallery in Sacramento.
Congratulations to Sarah Grimes (art history and design
double-major) who is among the winners of this year’s Norma J.
Lang Prize for Undergraduate Research.
The Ola Lorens Memorial Travel Scholarship is offered in memory
of Design major Ola (Alexandra) Lorens (1991-2014) through the
generous gifts of Patrick and Ewa Lorens Kinney, Molly Kinney and
family, and Ann and Mike Savageau. This scholarship supports
Design undergraduate students with grants up to $1000 to assist
educational interests such as (but not limited to) attending
workshops or conferences, visiting archives or museums, and
traveling for research or internships.
The Christina Eichler Bullock Sustainable Design Award
Competition is now accepting applications. This award supports
Design graduate and undergraduate student research and creative
production in sustainable design. Awards can be used to fund
publication costs, conference registration, travel for workshops
and conferences, or materials for research and design.
Kaylani J. McCard was awarded the 2021 Savageau Award for a
Master of Fine Arts design student on June 10 during a virtual
opening celebration of the annual Arts and Humanities Graduate
Exhibition at UC Davis. The show is accessible through the
Jan
Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art website until
Sept. 6.
Public Scholarship and Engagement recently announced their
2021 Community Engaged Learning Faculty Fellows. Among the
recipients are Design faculty members Assistant Professor
Beth Ferguson and Assistant Professor Thomas Maiorana.
Design alum Adam Flint Taylor (M.F.A., design, ‘19) has worked
featured in a current exhibition at the Southern Utah Museum of Art
(SUMA) now through March 13. The museum is located on the campus
of Southern Utah University (SUU) in Cedar City.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Katia Vega who has
received an Athena Award from
Women in Tech Initiative at UC. Vega has been recognized for
her achievements in the Early Career category.
In anticipation of the uncertainty of travel and other
possible matters, also to serve the students who cannot travel
outside of the country for any reasons in a long run, the campus
Global Learning Hub and Career Center developed “Global Virtual
Internships” parallel to traditional summer abroad
programs.
This CALL TO ACTION aims to transform everyday places into sites
of engagement by unleashing the skills of museum practitioners
into the world around us.
What are you doing these days? We want to hear about your life
since you graduated with a Design degree. Are you working,
attending grad school, or starting a family? Please fill out this
form to tell us about your travels, accomplishments or
future plans. If you have a website we would like to post a link
to that as well.
